I Can’t Call For Sack Of Service Chiefs Because …. – Obasanjo

Former President of Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo, has given his reason for not calling for the sack of service chiefs.

Obasanjo noted that he can’t call for the sack of the service chief because he did not appoint them.

The former President disclosed this on Thursday, during a condolence visit to the Governor of Oyo State, Seyi Makinde, over the death of his mother, Abigail.

Obasanjo called for a stronger relationship between the federal government and Nigerians in addressing the issues affecting the country.

The elder statesman, who also listed insecurity, economic instability, and poor governance as major challenges, charged Nigerians to address the issues.

Obasanjo said, “There are many challenges in Nigeria today. There are challenges of insecurity, economy and political instability among others. These challenges are not really new except that they have taken a different dimension.”

“I believe that the most important aspect of dealing with all the challenges we have is leadership, and the people must come together. But then, there must be leadership to get everybody to work.”

On the increasing call for the sacking of security chiefs in a bid to address the problem of insecurity, he said, “I did not appoint security chiefs, how can I ask that they be sacked? If I have a piece of fatherly advice for the security chiefs, I will not give it through the media.”

Recall that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) caucus in the House of Representatives vowed to drag the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF), Abubakar Malami, to court over the invitation of President Muhammadu Buhari.

The PDP Rep caucus said it will challenge the position of Malami that the national assembly lacks powers to invite Buhari to brief it on security matters.